The FCC claims it has also adopted a “robust” framework, featuring transparency requirements that will “empower consumers” and allow oversight of ISPs.

“The framework adopted by the Commission today will protect consumers at far less cost to
investment than the prior rigid and wide-ranging utility rules,” said the FCC. “And restoring a favorable climate for network investment is key to closing the digital divide, spurring competition and innovation that benefits consumers.”

In response, net neutrality advocacy group The Battle for the Net is launching a campaign to try to get US Congress to stop the FCC’s decision.

They are urging all Americans to write to and call Congress to urge them to pass a Resolution of Disapproval to overturn the FCC’s vote.

“If [cable companies] win the power to slow sites down, they can bully any site into paying millions to escape the ‘slow lane,'” writes the group on its website.

“Every site would cost more, since they’d all have to pay big cable. Worse, it would extinguish the startups and independent voices who can’t afford to pay.